The State Customs Service, the State Tax Administration, and the State Border Service are doing an unsatisfactory job of eradicating smuggling in Lviv, Volyn, Zakarpattia, and Chernivtsi oblasts. \nThis was how First Vice Prime Minister Anatoliy Kinakh summarized today's expanded meeting of the Interdepartmental Coordination Council on Combating Smuggling, which took place today in Lviv. \n"To recognize the results of the work of the authorized state bodies as unsatisfactory," ― Kinakh ordered to be recorded in the minutes of the meeting. \nHe recommended that the heads of the aforementioned institutions carefully analyze everything that was said at the meeting and, on that basis, develop a plan of urgent measures and submit it for approval within ten days. \nIn order to strengthen the sense of responsibility among the heads of tax, customs bodies, and border services, the first vice prime minister warned about the personal responsibility that awaits them in the event of failure to fulfill his instructions. \nKinakh said that he was particularly displeased by the lack of coordination of actions between the institutions involved in the "Smuggling ― Stop" program. \nHe instructed that within five days all parties to the program find "points of contact" and improve coordination of actions. \nDuring today's meeting of the Interdepartmental Coordination Council on Combating Smuggling, much was said about the fact that despite seemingly positive gross indicators of seized smuggled goods in Ukraine, new smuggling schemes are being formed. Customs officers remain among the main participants in these schemes. \nSince April 1, the state program for combating smuggling "Smuggling ― Stop" for 2005-2006 has been in effect in Ukraine. \nTo coordinate the implementation of the state program, an Interdepartmental Coordination Council on Combating Smuggling was created, which included representatives of law enforcement agencies, the State Customs Service, the STA, the State Border Service, the Ministry of Economy, and the Ministry of Justice. The council is headed by First Vice Prime Minister Anatoliy Kinakh.